Tombestone, I was being a bit sarcastic with that statement.
TimberWolf, you got this one right on. "dealing with guys who dont have the same work ethic as you do, but carry more senority truly sucks."
The garbage that some folks get away with because of the union protecting them is downright nonsense.
My 1st week on the job started on a Thursday and a full 60 hrs. That Friday a senior driver, on a route that ran him just far enough out of the city and afraid he might run out of hrs for the day, refused to finish his deliveries for fear he may have to pull a hotel room for the night and finish up Saturday, and he'd promised his kid he would be home for a ballgame. That driver returned to the warehouse with 4 stops still on the trailer. Because I was in the office the supervisor asked if I could come in and run the 4 stops on Saturday, I did. Monday morning the shop steward is pulling me in and telling the supervisor and I that a grivance has been filed by another driver because he wasn't offered the hrs first, and now he wants the same pay I received for that run, the union got him the unearned wages which is garbage in my book, and then the union backed the other driver who refused to make those deliveries, more garbage.
Personally I never saw so many individuals unworthly of their wages and jobs as I did while working in the foodservice industry. Rightfully they should have been shown the door, but hiding behind all the petty union rules protected them.
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